Look Wikileaks may to some extent be a necessary and even good thing, but that doesn't change the fact that when you look up "self-aggrandizing Douche" in the dictionary, all you get is a picture of Assange

He is already his biatch. Assange now has free range to do as many illegal things as he wants and be protected by a Ecuador. At some point he'll do cause enough pain to their dictatorship that Assange will get kicked out and end up hanging in an American prison like he should be.

WTF Indeed:He is already his biatch. Assange now has free range to do as many illegal things as he wants and be protected by a Ecuador. At some point he'll do cause enough pain to their dictatorship that Assange will get kicked out and end up hanging in an American prison like he should be.

To be fair to Ecuador, the US probably could fark their shiat up in all kinds of ways, just by the stroke of various pens. There's standing on principle, and then there's gratuitously sabotaging your whole damn country.

But not wanting to look like Assange's biatch is a far more compelling reason.

WTF Indeed:He is already his biatch. Assange now has free range to do as many illegal things as he wants and be protected by a Ecuador. At some point he'll do cause enough pain to their dictatorship that Assange will get kicked out and end up hanging in an American prison like he should be.

Also, Ecuador today said they're considering kicking Assange out on the street as a result of his latest stunt.

Magorn:Look Wikileaks may to some extent be a necessary and even good thing, but that doesn't change the fact that when you look up "self-aggrandizing Douche" in the dictionary, all you get is a picture of Assange

I see the same picture next to "asshole attention whore" and "self-righteous narcissist prick" in mine.

digistil:Also, Ecuador today said they're considering kicking Assange out on the street as a result of his latest stunt.

It looks like Ecuador finally woke up to its senses and decided not to mess with the only hyperpower in the world, the United States of America. Perhaps it can be a two-fer and that the US gets both Snowden and Assange.

WTF Indeed:He is already his biatch. Assange now has free range to do as many illegal things as he wants and be protected by a Ecuador. At some point he'll do cause enough pain to their dictatorship that Assange will get kicked out and end up hanging in an American prison like he should be.

Assange is not a U.S. citizen and has never been to the U.S., and his position as publisher of leaked documents should be legally identical to that of the publisher of the New York Times. I fail to see how he "should" be in an American prison.

Correa is establishing himself as the most powerful leftist leader in SA. Since 07 he has consolidated a broken country, re-established international trade(mostly exporting oil to US). Ecuador is applying for membership in Mercosur, and defiantly opening up trade negotiations with China and Iran. We're not doing anything about it because we want their oil so Correa's symbolic denouncement of ATPDEA last week and this move(both using snowden, assange as a front) are his announcement that he is taking charge and making the case that he is the voice of SA.

dugitman:Correa is establishing himself as the most powerful leftist leader in SA. Since 07 he has consolidated a broken country, re-established international trade(mostly exporting oil to US). Ecuador is applying for membership in Mercosur, and defiantly opening up trade negotiations with China and Iran. We're not doing anything about it because we want their oil so Correa's symbolic denouncement of ATPDEA last week and this move(both using snowden, assange as a front) are his announcement that he is taking charge and making the case that he is the voice of SA.

netweavr:I still don't see what the hate surrounding Assange is about.

Fwiw, there's omething about Assange which gives me pause. It's not because I disagree with what he did; there are plenty of people around whose views I don't share, but they don't provoke the same reaction. I just get the sense there's something not quite right about that bloke. Can't explain the response, and I'll fully admit to that being totally irrational.

A Terrible Human:Gosling: Fun fact: Russia still has him, and Russia's attitude towards western extradition attempts is "hahahahahahahaha".

That's where he's going to stay.

Until they've pumped all the information they want out of him and then they'll willingly send him back or he'll be found to have killed himself with a few shots to the back of the head.

The first part of that option has already happened. If he's floating around the airport, as most suspect he is, he's been debriefed already. The Russians are more than likely just fed up now, waiting for someone to take him off their hands.

ACunningPlan:netweavr: I still don't see what the hate surrounding Assange is about.

Fwiw, there's omething about Assange which gives me pause. It's not because I disagree with what he did; there are plenty of people around whose views I don't share, but they don't provoke the same reaction. I just get the sense there's something not quite right about that bloke. Can't explain the response, and I'll fully admit to that being totally irrational.